More than 60 Spanish productions (including feature films, shorts and series) will be screened at the 21st Seville European Film Festival (8-16 November), directed for the first time - after his coordination duties - last year (read more) by producer Manuel Cristóbal.

Competing in the Official Selection for the Golden Giraldillo are Desmontando un elefante [+leggi anche:
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The Special Screenings section consists of nine Spanish films, including Afternoons of Solitude [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Albert Serra
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scheda film], the début feature by Antón Álvarez, better known as C. Tangana. Also screening are the comedy Al otro barrio, Mar Olid 's feature film debut with Quim Gutiérrez and Sara Sálamo in the lead; Valeria Roig 's feature film Paisaje épico, telling the story of the odyssey in the Andes of the Catalan high mountain painter Fidel Roig Matóns; Marina Seresesky's Sin instrucciones, with Paco León; the non-fiction film about cinema Los Productores, by Manuel Iborra; and the documentary series El Loco. Los silencios de Quintero, directed by José Rueda and Rocío Cañaveras; and the adaptation of Culpa mía, by the Argentinian novelist Mercedes Ron, written and directed by Domingo González.

A highlight in the New Waves section, Margarita Ledo Andion's documentary I'd Rather Be Condemned [+leggi anche:
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The new Rampa section will screen José Manuel Carrasco's latest film, Miocardio [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], by the Afghan Roya Sadat; while in the Enlightenment section, Javier Barbero and Martín Guerra will present Los Bárbaros. The 3D animated film Norbert, by José Corral Llorente, is part of the Europa Junior section. Finally, Panorama Andaluz will be showing 15 feature films and 23 short films.

Completing the Official Selection are the acclaimed animated film Flow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gints Zilbalodis
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intervista: Leonardo van Dijl
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intervista: Margarida Cardoso
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intervista: Jethro Massey
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intervista: Pia Marais
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intervista: Guillaume Senez
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intervista: Magnus von Horn
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intervista: Rusudan Glurjidze
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intervista: Sandhya Suri
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Also in this section will be the French-Canadian drama Who by Fire [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Philippe Lesage
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intervista: Alexandros Avranas
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intervista: Jan-Willem van Ewijk
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intervista: Jan-Willem van Ewijk
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intervista: Ramon e Silvan Zürcher
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intervista: Lucie Prost
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Finally, there will be notable activities as part of Frame Sevilla, an event that brings together professionals from the film industry to share experiences, concerns and knowledge, which will be held between Monday 11 and Friday 15 November.